I have been getting calls, at home and work, from "U.S. National Bank" on and off for months. Last time was a couple of months ago and I got them to stop by saying they'd need to talk to my attorney or I'd see them in court....but then they called again today! The most recent name and number was Sam Dunkin at 1-480-282-6892; reverse lookup indicated this as a land line in Mesa, AZ under the name of "All State Telephones".
Caller claims to be from Us National Bank in reference to a pay day loan that was never taken out. Has a Indian accent. Keeps calling my job and threating to send me to jail. My boss told him not to call anymore and I have told him also not to call. He calls with differnet names Jimme Cliff, Ron Collins and Harley Brown. Deep accent can hardly understand him. Who can you report these people to?
As you probably already guessed, it's a scam. There is no US National Bank and, most likely, this is the same group of foreign scammers who use caller ID spoofing software or VoIP to disguise where they're really located. One thing it remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These scammers also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
You and your boss have done the right thing by telling them not to call again. In addition to that, I suggest you do all of the following (most of which you do online):
1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone and give them all the details.
3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
4) These criminals used a Texas phone number to call you, so file a complaint with the Texas Attorney General at http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/complain.shtml
5) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
6) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)
I have received phone calls telling me they are with the While Collar Crime Unit and they say I owe money to US National Bank. I was so frightened I went to an attorney and had him call. He told me he thought it was a scam but I got another call and it scared me again. I just received another call from this guy saying his name was John or Don Rogers and to call him or suffer what is soon to fall upon me. His number was 214-245-0943. They call me at work. What is this and how do you stop these people? Something needs to be done.
That's precisely what these crooks are trying to do -- scare you into giving them your money. So don't be scared. The best course of action is ignoring their ridiculous false threats and reporting them to the federal and state law enforcement officials listed in my message above. I'm sure your attorney would agree. (By the way, that moronic "call us or suffer what is soon to fall upon you" line is very typical of this crooked operation; they use similar lines that that all time. Another such line they use is "call us back or only God can save you from what is about to happen." lol! These foreign criminals apparently have seen way too many old, melodramatic movies and think people in America talk that way.)
If these crooks call you again, tell them that they are not getting any money from you, that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement.
And for your information, see my message below with 800Notes.com links to other reports about these very same group of criminals.